‘Only a Handful of Environmental Organisations Still Dare Challenge Corporate Projects in Court’

‘Only a Handful of Environmental Organisations Still Dare Challenge Corporate Projects in Court’

By CIVICUSJul 9 2025 (IPS)   CIVICUS speaks to Cristinel Buzatu, regional legal advisor for Central and Eastern Europe at Greenpeace, about how Romania’s state gas company is weaponising the courts to silence environmental opposition. Cristinel BuzatuOn 10 June, the state-owned energy giant Romgaz filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve Greenpeace Romania. The legal attack came after the organisation campaigned against the company’s plans to exploit…